http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Meira_Kumar 2026-06-04T14:23:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Meira_Kumar&diff=76481&oldid=prev 2017-07-31T08:25:02Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 08:25, 31 July 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 201:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 201:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=Rifle shooter=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=Rifle shooter=</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&amp;articlexml=Shes-also-an-acclaimed-rifle-shooter-23062017016021&#160; She's also an acclaimed rifle shooter, June 23, 2017: The Times of India]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&amp;articlexml=Shes-also-an-acclaimed-rifle-shooter-23062017016021&#160; She's also an acclaimed rifle shooter, June 23, 2017: The Times of India]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Meira Kumar created history when she be came the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009. The five-term MP is the daughter of Dalit stalwart and former deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram and freedom fighter Indrani Devi.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Meira Kumar created history when she be came the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009. The five-term MP is the daughter of Dalit stalwart and former deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram and freedom fighter Indrani Devi.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 214:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 213:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kumar is fluent in Spanish and an acclaimed rifle shooter. She is married to Manjul Kumar, a Supreme Court lawyer, and has a son and two daughters.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kumar is fluent in Spanish and an acclaimed rifle shooter. She is married to Manjul Kumar, a Supreme Court lawyer, and has a son and two daughters.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=See also= &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=See also= &#160;</div></td></tr> </table>

Pdewan http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Meira_Kumar&diff=76480&oldid=prev 2017-07-31T08:13:09Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 08:13, 31 July 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 169:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 169:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kainur hill in Sasaram District.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kainur hill in Sasaram District.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=Bungalow at 6, Krishna Menon Marg=</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Who is Jagjivan Ram's `legal heir'?==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&amp;articlexml=UPA-had-sought-legal-heir-to-settle-Jagjivans-03072017011013 Dipak Dash| UPA had sought ‘legal heir’ to settle Jagjivan’s bungalow bill|Jul 03 2017 : The Times of India (Delhi)]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UPA had sought `legal heir' to settle Jagjivan's bungalow bill</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">New Delhi:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rs 10L Was Due From Father Of Meira Kumar</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Just as the urban development ministry was to recover Rs 10 lakh for the “unauthorised occupation“ of a bungalow at 6, Krishna Menon Marg, the then UPA government chose to raise the issue of who was the legal heir of late Dalit leader Babu Jagjivan Ram.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The question was related to whether the then Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, or someone else, would bear the bill. The Congress leader, who is now the opposition presidential candidate, has been the political legatee of Jagjivan Ram. The bungalow was occupied by Jagjivan Ram's widow Indrani Devi after his death and the rent related to a period after her death.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Documents dated May 29, 2012 show that when it came to sending a notice to recover the amount for “unauthorised occupation“ of the bungalow from May 14, 2002 to November 30, 2002, the then government decided to “ascertain the legal heirs of late Indrani Devi“.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Records show that just a month before the NDA government assumed office, the urban development ministry decided to raise a Rs 10 lakh bill to Indrani Devi's family and her legal heir. Subsequently , the new government sent letters and reminders to deputy commissioner, Bhopur (Ara) in Bihar, to provide details of her heir, but did not get any response. Meira Kumar did not respond to repeated emails and even the Congress did not respond to calls and text messages for their view of the documents.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The bungalow was originally allotted to Jagjivan Ram in March 1967. After his death in 1986, it was allotted to Meira Kumar in her capacity as MP .After dissolution of the eighth Lok Sabha in November 1989, she was allowed to retain the bungalow till December. She did not vacate the bungalow on time and the directorate of es tate (DoE) passed an eviction order. Kumar challenged it in Delhi high court and obtained a stay , which gave her time to vacate by March 31, 1990.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Subsequently , the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation approved post-facto allotment of the bungalow to Indrani Devi in October 1991 and it was decided that the allotment won't be extended beyond November. However, she continued staying there. In September 1995, the CCA decided to allot the bungalow to Indrani Devi for lifetime. She died in April 2002. Her family was allowed to stay there on payment of a nominal fee for one month.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nearly five months after the DoE passed another eviction order in June 2002, Kumar said she had vacated the house. 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In 2013, upon receipt of a request from then social justice minister Kumari Selja, the bungalow was allotted to Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation for 25 years.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Finally, in April 2015, the DoE sent the demand letter to Meira Kumar. 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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Rifle shooter</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 07:24, 14 July 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 174:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 174:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WHILE MEIRA KUMAR HAS BEEN PITTED AGAINST KOVIND, HER FATHER JAGJIVAN RAM WAS PUT UP BY CONGRESS TO COUNTER AMBEDKAR</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Meira Kumar created history when she be came the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009. The five-term MP is the daughter of Dalit stalwart and former deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram and freedom fighter Indrani Devi.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Meira Kumar created history when she be came the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009. The five-term MP is the daughter of Dalit stalwart and former deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram and freedom fighter Indrani Devi.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table>

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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Journey as a statesman</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 07:22, 14 July 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 169:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 169:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kainur hill in Sasaram District.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kainur hill in Sasaram District.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=Rifle shooter=</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&amp;articlexml=Shes-also-an-acclaimed-rifle-shooter-23062017016021&#160; She's also an acclaimed rifle shooter, June 23, 2017: The Times of India]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WHILE MEIRA KUMAR HAS BEEN PITTED AGAINST KOVIND, HER FATHER JAGJIVAN RAM WAS PUT UP BY CONGRESS TO COUNTER AMBEDKAR</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Meira Kumar created history when she be came the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009. 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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Meira Kumar</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:47, 3 July 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 75:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 75:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>However, she will need more of her diplomatic skills to keep the Lok Sabha in order. Judging by Somnath’s agony, she may have to lose some of her demure demeanour and borrow a little of her predecessor’s intimidating ways. Maybe it’s time for another change of fancy dress.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>However, she will need more of her diplomatic skills to keep the Lok Sabha in order. Judging by Somnath’s agony, she may have to lose some of her demure demeanour and borrow a little of her predecessor’s intimidating ways. Maybe it’s time for another change of fancy dress.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Meira Kumar</del>=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Journey as a statesman</ins>=</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Obama's journey as a statesman and as the</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Obama's journey as a statesman and as the</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>head of state is an inspiration for many</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>head of state is an inspiration for many</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 169:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 169:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>thirteen Shilalekh) is housed in a small cave in</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kainur hill in Sasaram District.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Kainur hill in Sasaram District.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=See also= &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=See also= &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Babu Jagjivan Ram]] &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Babu Jagjivan Ram]] &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Meira Kumar]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Meira Kumar]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">India&#039;s first woman speaker</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 22:55, 22 June 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Government |M ]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Government |M ]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160; &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; 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<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 22:43, 22 June 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File: Meira Kumar with father Jagjivan Ram.png| Meira Kumar with father Jagjivan Ram|frame|500px]] </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File: Smt. 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